Ornamented spectacle frames



y 3, 1956 R. w. J. FRANKLIN 2,752,713

ORMAMENTED SPECTACLE FRAMES Filed July 15, 1954 Inventor RQIMLD W- J FRI NK IN Attorneys United States Patent cc 2,752,713

Patented July 3, 1956 in Figure 2. These frames may be appropriately coloured. 2 752 713 The simple coloured frames shown in Figures 1 and 2 may be replaced by more elaborate attachments, for ORNAIVIENTED SPECTACLE FRAMES 5 instance as shown in Figure 3, in which there is a rigid decorative segment 12 arranged to lie over the top edge Ronald Wdham James Franklm London England of the lens and attached to a length of flexible elastically Application July 15, 1954, Serial No. 443,581 expansible coil spring 13 which is arranged to fit in the Claims priority, application Great Britain July 24, 1953 1 groove around the lower edge of the lens 0 What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by 4 Claims. (Cl. 41-34) Letters Patent is:

This invention relates to spectacles. It is an object of the present invention to provide spectacles having decorative adornment which can be altered face curved to conform to a portion of the grooved edge as desired, or removed entirely.

The invention provides detachable lens attachments at of the lens upon Whlch It IS mountd an? a flexible least a part of each attachment being decorative and directly visible from the front of the spectacles, each of the said attachments comprising a flexible elastically expansible member which fits against the periphery of the 2. Spectacles comprising two lenses with circumferenlens. tial grooves formed in their edges supporting means for These decoratlve lens appendages can readlly said lenses independent of said grooves and detachable tached to and removed from the spectacles as required. demrafive frames fitting around said edges each frame The owner of a single pair of spectacles may have two towhch'ti a l'ed d l fi 'l t' the spectacles can be altered as desired to suit different 3 1 s an a oop-of exlb e elas many ment, the u stretch d l t that the described embodiments are given purely by way n e eng h of sad loop bemg shghfly of example and not in any limiting sense, the scope of lens. the invention being determined by the appended claims.

3. A decorative frame adapted to fit in a detachable the drgwlnss, manner around the edge of a lens of a pair of rimless Flghre 1 1S a Side f a of spectacles embody spectacles, which edge is provided with a circumferential mg 9 forh} of the lhve'nhon, groove, comprising a rigid decorative segment having its Figure 2 1S a from of the spectacles shown In 40 under surface shaped to fit on to an upper segment of Flghfe said edge and a loop of flexible elasticall -expansible ma- Flghl'e IS modlfied form ofhms attachhlenhsultable terial of a cross-section adapted to seat in said groove for use wrthspectacles of the kind shown In lflgures 1 but project therefrom secured by both ends to said rigid and 2, and hlghfe 4 a fragmentary 9 on a decorative segment, the unstretched length of said loop larger Scale, on the hhe Y Y of Flgure being slightly less than the length of the remainder of In the spectacles shown in Figures 1 and 2 the lenses Sal-d edge 10 are of the type known as rimlesslwherein the bridge 4. A decorative frame according to claim 3 in which and temples are screwefi or Qtherwlse Secured dlrecfly said flexible elastically-expansible material is a coil spring. to the lenses at appropriate points, and the lenses themselves are provided with shallow grooves around their References Cited in the file of this atent outer edges. In the groove around the edge of each p lens 10 is fitted a frame 11 which is in the form of an UNITED STATES PATENTS endless flexible elastically expansible coil spring which 1,722,591 Poeton July 30, 1929 can be sprung over the edge of the lens and held in place 1,932,261 Beattey Oct. 24, 1933 in the said groove by virtue of its own tension. 1,996,183 Walters Apr. 2, 1935 The frames are arranged to stand proud of the grooves 2,061,630 Keys Nov. 24, 1936 so that they are clearly visible from the front, as shown 2,387,789 Williams Oct. 30, 1945 

